Improvement in plows



A. RICKABD.

Improvement in Plows.

NO 129 05.7. PatentedJuly16,1872.

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UNITED STATES' ALEXANDER RICKARD, OF SOHOHARIE, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLows.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 129,057, dated July 16,1872.

Specification describing a new and useful Improvement in Plows, inventedby ALEXAN- DER RIGKARD, of Schoharie, in the county of Schoharie andState of New York.

Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section of my improved plow takenthrough the line :v x, Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same. Fig. 3is a top view ofthe same partly in section through the line y y, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. v

My invention has for its object to improve the construction ofshovel-plows, so as to make them more generally useful, by soconstructing 'them that they may be readily and effectively used in hardground, and that they may run steady at whatever angle they may be setto enter the ground; and it consists in the construction and combinationof various parts of the plow, as hereinafter more fully described.

A represents the plow-beam. B represents the sta-ndard, which may beformed in asingle piece with the beam, or may be formed separate, andattached to said beam. Upon the 4lower end of the standard B is formed afoot,

C, as shown in Fig. l. D is a shoe, which is fitted upon the foot C. Theforward end of the shoe D has a socket or recess formed in it to receivethe forward end or point of the foot C or standard B. Upon the upperside of the rear end of the shoe D is formed a lug, d, to enter a slotor recess in the heel or rear end of the foot C or standard B, or twolugs to receive the heel or rear end between them. The

lug (or lugs) d has several holes formed in it to receive the bolt thatsecures it to the foot (l or standard B. This construction enables theshoe D to be adjusted to correspond with the adjustment of the draft, sothat the shoe D may bear squarely upon the bottom of the furrow atWhatever angle the plow may be working in the ground, so as draw steadyinstead ot' hopping along upon its point when adjusted to run deep inthe ground. E is the shovel, which is made with adjustable wings, F,which are secured to the stationary wings of said shovel E by boltswhich pass through t lslots in the said wings F, so that the wings maybe set out or in as may be desired. Upon the central upper part of theshovel E is formed or to itis attached a colter, G, as shown in Figs. land 2, to divide the soil as the plow is drawn forward so as to make theplow work easier in plowing hard ground.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The shoe D, having socket in front and apertured lugd in rear end, combined as described with standard B, having foot C withpoint in front and slot in rear to allow said shoe to be adjusted tocorrespond to any change of draft.

ALEXANDER RIOKARD.'

Witnesses W. D. GEBHARD, Z. P. BROWN. v

PATENT OFFICE.

